2014 Media Releases

Shell today hosted the Shell Innovation Open House Asia, an associated event of Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW). This is the first time that the event has been held in Singapore, after successful runs in Malaysia, Mexico, China, Russia, Brazil, USA, the Netherlands and India, among other countries.

Shell Companies in Singapore announced the appointment from today of Goh Swee Chen as Chairperson. Concurrently Vice President for Commercial Fuels and Lubricants, Asia Pacific, Swee Chen succeeds Lee Tzu Yang who will retire from Shell at the end of October.

Scuderia Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen joined Ian Albiston, Shell’s Trackside and Logistics Manager, and two lucky students from ITE College West – previous champions in Shell Eco-marathon Asia 2014 – in a race to the finish, “driving” newly released LEGO® Ferrari F138 miniature models across a scaled-down track.

The annual Shell Traffic Games, which aims to reinforce the importance of fostering road safety awareness amongst children through a fun and interactive learning environment, today extended the platform to include a distracted road usage experience that simulated the dangers of mobile phone usage while on the road.

Shell today published findings on how cities across the world have been using energy, after studying more than 500 urban centres, including megacities with over 10 million residents. The cities were eventually grouped into six illustrative archetypes indicating where energy use is most concentrated and where future urbanisation is set to take place. The research was done jointly with global consultants Booz & Company.

The 37th Shell Singapore Youth Science Festival (SSYSF) STAGE! Drama Competition returned on a high note yesterday as Punggol Primary School emerged champion from among the eight finalist teams. They won the hearts of judges with their dramatic interpretation of Crystals, a theme aligned with 2014 being the UN International Year of Crystallography.

Three students from the National University Singapore (NUS) have done Singapore proud. Out of a total of 668 team submissions from all around the world, the NUS team has made it as one of five finalists in the global student competition, Shell Ideas360. The final face-off of the competition will take place in Amsterdam in The Netherlands on 14 May.

As the world commemorates UN World Water Day this year and its theme of the “water-energy nexus”, Shell is helping to raise awareness of the linkages between the world’s water and energy systems and the need for integrated solutions.

The Shell FuelSave Celebrity Driving Challenge witnessed Glenn Ong and Jean Danker battle it out in order to achieve the highest fuel efficiency, with tips from local young engineering students and a winning couple from the Shell FuelSave Challenge in 2013.